Chapter 934 Prosperity (8)

The results obtained by taking the initiative to clarify and clarifying after being questioned are two different things. Li Zhiyun was waiting for those wealthy families to take the bait. As expected, he finally waited until Guanlong people took the initiative to visit him to ask about the matter. Guanlong people's situation went from bad to worse.

, it is certain to have money, and it is certain to have honor. After all, the empire has only had two generations of emperors so far, and the Guanlong people, as the major shareholders who contributed money and people in the early days of the empire, can earn a lot from the dividends. But

The point is, they have no power.

They are all chairman of the board, but the board of directors has been dissolved by the emperor, and the capital of all directors is also tightly controlled by the emperor. All personnel and materials in the empire are in the hands of the emperor. Directors Guan Long can only take money every year

, cannot hold actual power in the company. They are now in urgent need of finding new opportunities.

No one knows what the Guanlong people and the emperor were talking about. They only know that not long after, the Guanlong people suddenly expressed their willingness to hand over all 90% of the Guanzhong acres of land to the imperial court for free, and supported the imperial court's implementation of the land-sharing system in Guanzhong.

The Dugu family, the Dou family, the Yu family, the Changsun family and other families also expressed that they were willing to hand over 70% of the land owned by the Bashu Hanzhong generation to the imperial court, and also fully supported the imperial court's implementation of land allocation among the Bashu Hanzhong.

As the news spread, the government and the public were in turmoil. Many people thought that the people of Guanlong were suffering from swine fever, otherwise they would not do such outrageous things. However, they soon understood why the people of Guanlong were so generous this time.

First, the emperor promoted Yu Zhining to the rank of minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then asked him to independently take charge of the affairs of Guanzhong's tenants and their mothers. Later, Dai Zhou resigned because of his old age, and Li Zhiyun immediately asked Yu Zhining to inspect the school and accept his words.

The position of acting prime minister.

The ministers understood that the Guanlong people were making exchanges with the imperial court, so bow your head.

There was no other reason why Dai Zhou resigned. It was because he was too old and could no longer bear the burden of writing documents. Li Zhiyun was very generous to him. He was given a high official position and a large amount of gold and silver. He also gave him a lot of money.

Come to the palace for an interview at any time

At the same time, he promoted his son to an official position to give him face. By the way, he also told him that he did not need to build a tomb. When he died in the future, he would be buried lightly first, and then when Li Zhiyun also died, he would

Buried with him in his imperial mausoleum.

In addition, there is no Lingyan Pavilion here, but there is Qilin Hall. In Li Zhiyun's words, all my subordinates are talented in civil and military affairs.

The exchanges between the Guanlong people did not stop there. Ten years later, a young general named Dugu Chengxin conquered the small Stone Kingdom of Bahanna in Sogdia. The emperor named him "Shi Guogong" and allowed him to support his troops there and stand on his own.

But after they had to make offerings to the local King Li Tang, the ministers suddenly realized that the emperor allowed the Guanlong people to establish a country thousands of miles away. Although they had to make offerings to the local king Li Tang, he was still the head of a country.

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Then, all the major families in the world imitated this example. This is a story for later, so there is no need to describe it in detail.

The blueprint drawn up by Li Zhiyun for enfeoffment is as follows.

First of all, the highest level is the existence of a sacred and inviolable empire. The territory of the empire extends to the sea in the east, to Linyi in the south, to the Shule country in the west, and to the Angara River in the north. In addition, the island of Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and the Three Kingdoms

, Tubo, Ryukyu, etc., some are present in later generations, some are not, and some are not. If it were not too cold in the north, the route would be directly pushed to the North Pole. After all, all the people on the grasslands are now Tang people.

The next level is the king of the Li Tang clan. They will establish vassal states outside the empire's territory to defend the empire. They do not need to pay tribute to the court, but they cannot step into the empire's territory without the order of the emperor.

, as long as the king of the vassal states steps into the territory of the empire, it is tantamount to treason.

Of course, this restriction is only effective when the emperor's surname is still Li, and he is still a descendant of Li Zhiyun. If one day, the unscrupulous descendants of the old Li family ruin the family, and brothers from outside want to come in and revive the Tang Dynasty, there will be no constraints.

Already.

Level one again, hero.

These three levels go down step by step. They will eventually fill all the colonial areas with various positions in a dotted manner. The royal family king of Li Tang is the highest level in the colony, and the heroes and aristocratic families below,

The manors they established allowed them to control a certain number of private soldiers, but they had to pay taxes to the Li Tang clan king on time. Except that they were not allowed to use Tang people for hard labor, they could be slaves or whatever. As for taxes and poll taxes.

In other words, Li Zhiyun will use outdated but beneficial policies to allow them to play freely in the colony. As for how cruel it will be in the end, that is beyond Li Zhiyun's control. You want others to go out and help you willingly.

If you don't give benefits when running a business, how can others be willing to do so?

To be honest, Li Zhiyun still wants to do more, but it doesn't work. There is not enough time and the empire has not been accumulated enough. He can only do it step by step. Letting his sons go out to build the country does not mean that Li Zhiyun will not take care of the prince. He will take care of the vastness of the entire north.

The land that is boundless and contains inexhaustible resources is left to the empire. The peninsula, the Japanese country, and all the Japanese countries will be included in the imperial rule system in the future, in order to create a perfect coastal defense line.

Of course, there is also the south, which is also within the empire's strategic scope. The empire is really beyond the reach of the Western Region, so people must voluntarily fight all the way west there, even to the far west.

The main thing Li Zhiyun did in the next few years was to open the sea, develop the south, and fight against the Japanese. Among these three things, the Japanese was the best to solve. Liu Rengui was later ordered to drive a giant ship, attack the Japanese king's city in one fell swoop, and capture all the little Japanese.

He came back to work as a slave. Li Zhiyun also instructed Liu Rengui to search for gold and silver mines on the island, which eventually attracted a large number of gold prospectors to the island and greatly enriched the population.

Opening up the sea is easy, and the task Li Zhiyun gave himself is very easy. He only needs to constantly improve the sea map, and then gradually send people out to occupy the islands and reclaim the land.

Only developing the south was the most difficult, because of the climate, water and soil, and it took him more than ten years of hard work to achieve initial results.

When looking back on his life, Li Zhiyun suddenly realized that the plate he opened was too big, and then hesitantly asked the prince if he could hold it.

The prince replied that he could.

Li Zhiyun believed in him. After all, he had taught the prince himself. Before Li Chengzhao succeeded to the throne, he first supervised the country when the emperor went out to inspect the world. Later, when the emperor moved the capital to Luoyang, he was responsible for guarding Xijing and managing the workshop.

Above, Li Chengzhao did many things during his years as prince.

He went on expeditions, supervised the country, researched science, opened universities, governed the south, inspected the homeland of Goguryeo, etc. He was basically involved in everything in the army, the court, and the emperor. At the same time, he was also asked to preside over the imperial examinations, allowing him to do his best to attract talents.

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When the emperor was old and chose to abdicate and become the emperor, that night, the emperor said to the prince: As a father, I will help you one last time.

Then, a group of nobles were demoted and another group of people who committed serious crimes were directly killed. At that time, the old brothers who followed Li Zhiyun to conquer the world had almost died long ago, and Li Zhiyun didn't care at all.

After the killing, the emperor asked the ministers in the court who had always been at odds with the prince and who were on his side to retire and go home, and gave up a lot of positions to the prince to promote his confidants.

The emperor said to the prince: "There is no one who can dress like a beast."

Then, with his body bent, he took the prince and pressed him on the throne.

"You are the emperor now. Take good care of the people in my place."

After that, the emperor went to Taiyuan.

Because his daughter, Princess Jinyang, was the president of Jinyang University, he went there to help her and write down some knowledge points while he was still unconscious. He could write as much as he could.

When Li Chengzhao was full-fledged, the emperor would inevitably hit him sometimes, and gradually it turned into the emperor's ministers targeting the prince's confidants. This has been true in all dynasties, and the father and son Li Zhiyun and Li Chengzhao are not immune. But the good thing is that Li Zhiyun is very good.

He was disgusted with this kind of thing. Unless the prince did something wrong, he wouldn't care how the prince danced.

The prince, on the other hand, didn't care at all. The relationship between him and his old father was not something that the ministers could instigate, and Empress Yang was speaking among them, so there was no estrangement between the family at all.

In the forty-eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Zhiyun abdicated and became the emperor, and directly gave the throne to the prince. The prince was even more grateful. Because his old father could still ride a horse and hunt at a young age, and his body was not in good shape. If Li Zhiyun had been emperor, Li Chengzhao would have been

I feel like I have something to wait for.

Li Zhiyun is too lazy to be the emperor because he is so tired. He thinks it will be fine if he has been the emperor for fifty years. The main reason is that being the emperor has become more and more boring over the years. The old people die one after another and the new ones come one after another.

, he is getting older and really doesn’t want to scheming, it’s too tiring.

What's more, if he continues to be emperor, what if the prince doesn't survive him?

In fact, Prince Li Chengzhao was already in his fifties when he ascended the throne.

Li Chengzhao's son, Prince Li Xuanyuan, is also in his thirties. And Li Xuanyuan's son Li Yaoshun is also eight or nine years old.

Well, Li Zhiyun has already met his great-grandson. Li Zhiyun personally gave his grandson the name Li Xuanyuan. Li Xuanyuan was not called this name. Later, after Li Zhiyun's inspection, Li Zhiyun personally canonized him as the emperor's grandson, and then named him Li Xuanyuan.

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Li Zhiyun is not afraid that his grandson will not be able to bear his name, because he will be the fourth emperor of the empire in the future, and he can bear it!

The name of the great-grandson Li Yaosun was also given by Li Zhiyun, because this boy and Li Chengzhao were really alike when they were young, equally smart and equally public. Both he and Empress Yang liked this great-grandson.

It is said that after Li Chengzhao ascended the throne, he changed the reign name to Xuanwu. The Zhenguan reign, which lasted for forty-eight years, finally came to an end. However, no one can forget, and no one can forget the terrible influence of this reign name in the world.

The influence of Emperor Zhenguan!

The reign name of Xuanwu has an obvious meaning: I am going to hit someone.

During his reign, Li Chengzhao completely continued the style of Emperor Zhenguan, beating up those noble families internally and killing people and setting fires everywhere externally. In fact, by the time Emperor Xuanwu came to power, the aristocratic families within the empire had been completely desolate. Because most of the aristocratic families

Either they go to the extreme west to develop, or they go overseas. There are only three or two aristocratic families in the empire.

Despite this, Emperor Xuanwu was not careless and killed anyone he caught. Externally, Emperor Xuanwu had two main attack directions, one was the south, and the other was the rebellious natives on the Japanese island. Of course, there were also the brothers who were enfeoffed in the west.

their descendants.

Emperor Xuanwu was smart. After seeing that his brothers were running Sogdia very well and there were Tang people everywhere, he decisively provoked trouble and occupied the land. The descendants of several brothers there had long been scolded. Li Zhiyun is still alive.

The son over there scolded the fourth child for being shameless. Brother, you are still not a human being even if you are worried about the little thing in the bowl.

After all, Emperor Xuanwu still wanted to lose face, but he stopped making trouble later. After all, his old father was still retiring in Taiyuan, and he couldn't break up with his brothers at this time. Later, he focused on running Tubo.

The Tubo area was completely conquered when Emperor Zhenguan was in power, but the business has always been very slow.

Please understand the plateau climate.

Emperor Xuanwu reigned for eighteen years and abdicated at the age of seventy to become the Supreme Emperor. There was no other way. Li Chengzhao felt that he was too old and lacked energy to handle it. At this time, the old emperor Li Zhiyun, who was nearly ninety years old, was still alive.

I'm almost burping my butt already.

Therefore, after Emperor Xuanwu became the Supreme Emperor, Li Zhiyun was awarded the only title of all time; Supreme Emperor.

To be honest, in order to consider this title, the new emperor thought about it for a long time, and he almost died from it.

Finally, after much deliberation, I decided to add the word "ancestor" between the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Zhenguan. Anyway, Emperor Zhenguan was his imperial grandfather.

Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with you.

The fourth emperor of the Tang Empire, Li Xuanyuan. Like his father, Emperor Xuanwu Li Chengzhao, he was in his fifties when he ascended the throne.

His reign name is Zhaowu.
To be continued...